Education category: 70663 books
Student Voices on Inequalities in European Higher Education
Challenges for theory, policy and practice in a time of change
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students’ lives and discusses what this tells us about European education and society. In particular, it explores the...
Pedagogical Alliances between Indigenous and Non-Dualistic Cultures
Meta-Cultural Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Pedagogical Alliances Between Indigenous and Non-Dualistic Cultures examines Indigenous education for authentic intercultural education. It critically reviews various Indigenous cultural and educational perspectives in Western education contexts, addresses relevant meta-cultural concerns, argues for...
Postformal Education
A Philosophy for Complex Futures
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book explains why the current education model, which was developed in the 19th century to meet the needs of industrial expansion, is obsolete. It points to the need for a new approach to education designed to prepare young people for global uncertainty, accelerating change and unprecedented complexity.The...
Ecojustice Adult Education: Theory and Practice in the Cultivation of the Cultural Commons
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 153
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
As ecological issues increase and concern worldwide is mounting about the changing nature of work and cultural life, the field of adult education must respond. Adult education holds much potential for its ability to highlight cultural knowledge, promote change, and maximize the capacity of adults...
Distance Education
What Works Well
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Don’t start from scratch! Learn what works-and what doesn’t-in providing education to off-campus students!
This unique compilation presents practical advice on how to set up distance learning programs that effectively serve the needs of students who don’t have access to the campus. The...
Education - An Anatomy of the Discipline
Rescuing the university project?
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline focuses on the development of the discipline of education, how it is understood and practised in contemporary universities, and the potential threats to its future. As the author, John Furlong argues, disciplines are not only intellectually coherent fields...
by Ünsal Umdu Topsakal
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
This book contains eight chapters that analyze and discuss different themes and topics about new educational trends in Turkey. Chapter 1 discusses the new methodological trends in higher education of Turkey. Several factors including the dynamism of internationalization having gained momentum with...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education presents a strong and coherent rationale for improving learning for diverse students from a range of socio-economic, ethnic/racial and gender backgrounds within higher education, and for adults across the life course.
Edited by...
Educational Reform in Europe
History, Culture, and Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Education is a contested terrain. The symmetry of education reform among the seven countries examined in this volume is remarkable. There is much commonality in the issues they raise, in the competing groups battling over education policy, their policy choices, and the implementation of such policies....
Psychology and the Study of Education
Critical Perspectives on Developing Theories
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Psychology and the Study of Education: Critical Perspectives on Developing Theories explores both the insights and applications that psychology can offer in a range of educational contexts. Introducing the reader to a wide variety of sources, from cutting edge research to key studies from the past,...
Achieving the Radical Reform of Special Education
Essays in Honor of James M. Kauffman
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
As a tribute to scholar and mentor James M. Kauffman and his prodigious influence on the education of children and youth with disabilities, Achieving the Radical Reform of Special Education highlights and examines issues central to the continued growth and maturation of the field of special education....
by Zhu Yongxin
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
China enjoys a splendid ancient culture, which is inseparable from the role of cultural transmission played by the country’s system of education. As a nation that attaches great importance to education, China possesses an abundance of educational thought throughout its long history.
In History...
New Frontiers for College Education
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
The college sector is facing a growing number of new challenges caused by technological change, globalisation and the growth of mass higher education. New Frontiers for College Education considers the impact these changes have had and explores the developing role of college education in countries...
Universal Design in Higher Education
From Principles to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Universal Design in Higher Education looks at the design of physical and technological environments at institutions of higher education; at issues pertaining to curriculum and instruction; and at the full array of student services.
Universal Design in Higher Education is a comprehensive guide...